18 March 2009

14 March 2009

so.......this is a polaroid negative that i scanned 2 years ago(on the old mac and the old scanner).

as some of you know i have been freaking-out because i can't use my photoshop 7 on the new mac.well this image is brought to you by iphoto 8.not bad right?

i probably put it in photoshop when i scanned it originally. but i didn't do much cuz it was full of dust bunnies. in iphoto8 i did a little cantrast adjustment ,sharpened just a tad and another tad of noise -reduction.

so instead of freaking out about photoshop... i'm now going to freak-out about buying a new scanner.because of course the old but reliable HP will not work on the new mac.

so far my choices seem to be the canoscan 9950F or HP scanjet professional image scanner.has anybody used one of these?any suggestions?

28 January 2008

01 January 2008

in 1995 we met a couple at a youth hostel in seguret.they were from belgium and loved a bottle (or two) of bordeaux.he told us that the top of mt ventoux looks like the moon.she had had a miscarriage the month before.that's all i remember about them.but partly because of them steve rode his bike to the top of mt ventoux......3 times that summer

in the year 2000 steve rode to the top again.with food and water breaks it takes him a couple of hours...

it took me 45 minutes to drive ...a car... to the top.since i had the car i brought the linhof and shot some ilford (see above).

this year steve rode to the top again!! (that's #5 if you're counting)i had no car (we only had our bikes) and so and i photographed with miss holga ......from all the beautiful valleys below.

happy new year!

i hope you all climb some mountains this year...and if noti hope you can enjoy them from below!

11 December 2007

continued from yesterday.......

i think i went a little crazy here.i stood on the side of the hill--- the side--not flat footedthe back two legs of the tripod were fully extended--but not the front leg.i could barely see the ground glass.i think i even attempted to drag over a giant rock to stand on...i struggled with the exposure.that bright wall in the back ground thru everything off.and there is definitely some vignetting in the upper right from the extreme front rise.phewi wanted this picture bad.when i tried to print it....i'm sorryi can't talk about it anymore.i think i hate it.

10 December 2007

as per your request i dug around all weekend (well maybe just a few hours on sunday afternoon)and found the 4x5 negatives that "match" the holga image from friday

here are my notes from that trip:september 14, 2000noonseguret ruinsneg#1&2(1st position) (this is the neg on the left) f-111+ second (this lens has no shutter ...)5 inch lens filter: polarizer, redfront riseneg #'s 3 thru 6 are the same

03 September 2007

Seguret, France 2000A dog named Pomme was our friend when we stayed in this town the 1st time. He was a Brittany Spaniel who woke us up every morning by coming into our room via the window. He belonged to the owner of the youth hostel and followed us in to town every night. We would go to the cafe and have a glass of wine. Pomme went to the cafe and hung out with a giant (I mean big) poodle! We always got back home before Pomme.

We are in France again! click here 88 Days to see what we are up to today!

09 August 2007

06 August 2007

The River Gard, Collias, France 2000I didn't even have the linhof out of the back pack. The tripod was slung over my shoulder as I looked down at the beach from the bridge. They were unfoldingIt was a 4x5 snap shot!One of the guys ran up to me on the bridge. He said he was a film student at the University at Nimes. He was filming his movie "The Paper Boat" something... oh! ... it's a paper boat!................ohmygodohmygodhurryhurryhurry.... get the back pack off my back, unzip, pull out the camera, put it on the tripod, grab a lens, point, tilt, focus, get some film in there...pull out the dark slide hurryhurryhurry...they're out in the water now!...CLICK .... ohmygod they're going under the bridge... run over to the other side... where are they?... run back... oh... they're taking in water... oh well that's it.

We are in France again! click here 88 Days to see what we are up to today!

25 June 2007

Gordes, France September 2000It started to rain and I took cover inside this church. When my eyes adjusted to the light I could see that I needed to set up the linhof. It was so dark I could barely see thru the ground glass to compose and the exposure was several minutes.

We are in France again! click here 88 Days to see what we are up to today!

18 June 2007

I was wandering around loaded down by my linhof field camera, a backpack and a tripod All this gear weighs more than I do and these guys probably thought I was a bit strange. They all were waving and smiling (probably laughing) at me and someone asked me to take their picture. I exchanged addresses with the guy on the far left and sent him 6 copies of this photo. A few months later at Christmas (2000) I recieved a giant box of chocolates!!!

We are in France again! click here 88 Days to see what we are up to today!

24 May 2007

It really was just the best day!!!!The mac is back, I can scan negs and...best of all...The Prize arrived!!(remember the contest at plasticfantastic? April 19th...here is the link PLASTICFANTASTIC )

And here's the prize! Not only is it charming but useful too... for all those mini hot dogs or maybe those little pickles. The possibilities are endless! And it made it to America with out a scratch ...all the way from that place everyone keeps calling the UK.wherever that is!

I must thank everyone who supported me during these trying times... you pulled me thru... you know who you are. Every one was so helpful... Especially all the running to the market to pick up apples and now pickles!

13 May 2007

When I was a little girl it was still fashionable for women to wear gloves. Mom wore gloves often and so... of course I had to wear gloves. Mom doesn't wear gloves these days (she is to cool for that) but I still try to imitate all her best qualities. Happy mother's day to my Mom and all the moms that I know!

22 February 2007

I don't know who wore these as a baby (Mom, my uncles or was it one of us..) I DO know the reason why there is only one booty--because Mom let me put them on my baby dolls. (Click on the image to make it bigger)

Linhof Polaroid (Type 55) scanned from the negative (waiting for the darkroom)